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When You Can’t Find Coffee Creamer in Spain … You Make It Yourself

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Jen Cook
Oct 10, 2025
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One of the many challenges of living abroad is missing foods from your home country. While American fast food chains abound here in Valencia (looking at you, Five Guys and Wingstop), some things simply can’t be replicated in Spain — unless you’re willing to make it yourself.

For the past year, I’ve learned to live without…

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